Bass Solo (Nate Phillips w/ Everette Harp)

[swingbass]

Simply captivating. And even that undersells it.

[Based.Mercado]

Sick ass bass, sick ass tone and sick ass funk!!

[tlbassplayer]

Definitely one of the baddest bassplayers out there! He is one of my influences!

[robertbrown]

One of the best bass players on the planet but he does not get the credit that he deserves.

[willardconner]

A man and his Bass Guitar very enjoyable

[JazzOnThePond]

Great call, nexusvision! Glide -- one of the nastiest, thickest bass lines of all time. THAT Nate Phillips. Glide on by.

[jmoneyj]

Looking at these comments is dope af. nate is actually my uncle (mom's uncle) thanks for supporting him 🤘🏽

[htimsr]

We just saw him perform in STL with Richard Elliott and also with Jonathan Butler…….he killed it!! Ya’ll better ask somebody.

[ukrampage]

A legend! One of the best riff players ever.  To my mind up there with Marcus Miller and Mark Adams for consistently creating grooves that elevate a track and become reference points for many who take up the four strings.  To read a post that Nate Phillips lacks technique is frankly laughable. Its not just about the high watermak left by Glide, its the quality of the body of work for Pleasure and other artists. Listen to the licks on "No Matter What" (Pleasure - Get To The Feeling ) and you have the reason why he and Bruce Carter (Drums) were booked by Bobby Lyle to anchor the groove on the track "Rhap So Dee" (Night Fire album).

[diamondnnaji]

my favorite bass player of all time...

[jamesgraham]

I really dig all his work with Pleasure!

[mrblomax]

Nate Phillips is the bomb on bass. Would love to meet him on day.

[redd]

S/O to Mr. Nate Phillips the author the slap bass National Anthem "GLIDE" ...One of the BEST that ever picked up a Bass Guitar 100%

[nexusvision]

I"m Surprised so many people never listened to his Pleasure Stuff I'll throw out more hints look up Pleasure 1979 albums. If you want some challenging thought bass lines....!!! Nate Phillips created some of the best, particularly outside of jazz...at that time period...

[johnmazzocco]

one of my mentors and a great friend, much love

[bassmanx]

He is still sick and relevant ! I love this

[mauimrc]

That's the sound of thousands of bass players sending this to their bandleader for a solo.

[charlesbrazell]

i met Mr. Phillips decades ago in NYC, when he played at The Bottom Line I believe it was, in 1995, with the shortly for a time reformed Crusaders(and no, Joe Sample was not with them); after the gig, I went back to the dressing room and introduced myself; told him I had followed his career since the album called "Joyous" by Pleasure-we also talked about the phenomenal Louis Johnson, and then we talked about his days with Pleasure; he then demonstrated how he played the bass on a cut called "Dance To The Music"-I was wowed-truly he is a gifted and in my opinion, anointed musician and I considered myself fortunate to have met him in person when I did.

Hope he's still playing('cause there's not many like him anymore), and if so, would like to see him do an album of serious funk, playing like he's doing in this video above! 9-1-24; amended 9-2-24.

[bassworxenhancements]

I Love the tone of that Fender, the way you have the E.Q. set!

[mrblomax]

I'm an aspiring bassist. I'd love to meet Mr Nate Phillips one day.